Friday, November 2, 2012

Seeing things as they really are

My
son had some homework on Albert Einstein to complete over the weekend.

While doing some research, we came across this
Einstein quote “Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their
own hearts”.

That really struck a
chord with me. I think I spent way too long trying to conform, to fit in, be
accepted, to be ‘normal’.

When I first became a
wheelchair user I didn’t feel I fit in anymore - I felt invisible and desperate
to be heard. That’s when I made an effort to examine what I really felt, not
take the opinions of others, including health care practitioners as the way it
should be and the absolute truth.

I decided, and it was
a conscious decision, to always trust my own opinions, see my own vision, speak
from my heart and be true to myself.

It can be one of the
hardest things to go against the grain - to question an opinion and draw your
own conclusions.

It can leave you
feeling emotionally naked and vulnerable.

We are all born awesomely
authentic but how many of us lose this trait along the way?

To carve out a new
path, rather than blindly following others can be stupidly scary at first but,
after a period, we no longer look for validation from others.

We know absolutely
what we think, feel and believe and life takes on a richer, more fulfilling
quality.

Start to evaluate
situations in your life.

Do they hold
inevitable conclusions? How do YOU, not your friends and family, really feel
about them?

If possibilities were
infinite and limitless, what would you want to achieve?

We can be truly
innovative and it is then, and only then, when we are safe and secure in the
knowledge of our own being that we can see things as they really are, not as we
are told they should be.

Then with an open and
loving heart we can truly be the change we want to see in the world and make a
difference, however big or small.